Brtal Legend fans set Guinness Book world record

Brtal
Legend fans set Guinness Book world record at the UK’s Download Festival this
weekend

Fans of video game Brtal Legend,
starring Jack Black, rocked out this Saturday to smash the world record for most
people playing air guitar at one time.

The record, conducted at the
Download Festival in Donington Park, saw servants of metal shredding frets and
wailing on their axes in an orgy of rock godliness.

440 fans gathered at the EA Hub – a
purpose-built gaming trailer allowing members of the public to play a variety of
titles from publisher Electronic Arts – and, led by Kerrang FM’s Christian
Stevenson, rocked out to the Motörhead classic Ace of Spades. An official
adjudicator from the Guinness Book of World Records was on hand to authenticate
the attempt, which smashed the previous attempt set in 2008 of 318.

Steveneson said: ‘That was one of
the raddest jams I've ever been involved with. The crowd played their air
guitars better than Eddie Van Halen! Then they destroyed ’em good and proper.
Who cares, right? They can go to the air guitar shop and get another one. Sick
to the infinity of sickness! I want a crowd like that at every gig I'm at.
Awesometacular – air guitar world records rule!’

Recruited from the festival goers,
the air guitar army were rocked out with hardcore favourites The Blackout and
celebrity guests. The gnarliest rockers were invited onstage to show off their
skills with the South Wales six piece and compete to win a coveted
limited-edition Tenacious D electric guitar.

Celebrating Brtal Legend, which
hits games consoles this Rocktober 13th in North America and Rocktober 16th in
the UK and Europe, the record attempt was inspired by lead character Eddie
Riggs, voiced by comedy legend Jack Black. Eddie is a head-banging, Marshall
stacking roadie who finds himself transported to a world of heavy metal music
where oppressed people yearn for liberation from the an evil Lord. Rock legends
Ozzy Osborne, Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Lita Ford and Lemmy from Motörhead
also star.